Weapons

Borderlands 2 features a huge range of Weapons with an insane number of specialized features. Gearbox is placing more emphasis on giving weapons produced by specific corporations more defined characteristics. The intent of the weapons pages are to give you some sense of how weapons work generally in Borderlands 2 -- not to list the nearly infinite combinations of weapons. Make sure to check out the Brands/Manufacturers page for a list of the different special properties each manufacturer provides.

Unique Weapons are often Green, Blue, Purple, Magenta Colored with red quotes offered as quest rewards, and sometimes have unique effects. However, these items can be only obtained once each playthrough because of the nature of quest rewards.

Legendary Weapons are Orange colored with red quotes, have special effects, and are only dropped when you defeat most bosses, but they don't always drop them -- if you're intent on grabbing one and didn't get a drop at the end of a battle; save, quit, and reload your game anytime to respawn bosses.

Pearlescent weapons are ultra-rare weapons which are available in Ultimate Vault Hunter Mode. Pearlescent weapons are only available to players who have purchased the Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack or the Season Pass. Pearlesent weapon are obtained by killing Legendary Loot Midgets But can also be obtained by killing anything really but has a higher rate to drop from legendary loot midgets and Raid Bosses.